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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

2010 Olympic Tournament Schedule

Here's the schedule for the 2010 Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament when it gets underway on Feb. 16 2010. Nearly all the games will be hosted at the GM Center in Vancouver which is the home of the Vancouver Canucks.

Tournament Format:The 12 teams will start the tournament in 3 groups of 4 where each team will play in a 3 game group stage. Then after the groups finish up, the 3 group winners and the next best team will get automatic passage to the Quarterfinals will the rest of the teams will play in the 2nd round where they will be ranked from 5-12 and will be ranked on the number of points and the GD from the group stage.

The numbers in brackets next to the teams are the pre touranment seedings.

Qualification Round2/235D VS. 12D (Winner will become E1)6D VS. 11D (Winner will become E2)7D VS. 10D (Winner will become E3)8D VS. 9D (Winner will become E4)

If the USA plays in the Qualification Round, they will play the 12:00 PM GameIf Canada plays in the Qualification Round, they will play the 4:30 PM Game

QuarterfinalsThe 4 teams that earned Qualification Round Byes will have Home Ice2/241D VS. 4E2D VS. 3E3D VS. 2E4D VS. 1EIf the USA is playing in the Quarterfinals, that game will be at 12:00 PMIf Canada is playing in the Quarterfinals, that game will be at 4:30 PM

2/25Off Day

2/26Semifinals

F1 VS. F4F2 VS. F3

If the USA plays in the Semifinals, that game will be the early gameIf Canada plays in the Semifinals, that game will be the late game

The highest seed will play the lowest seed and the 2nd seed while play the 3rd seed.